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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

DeSmogBlog

The Good Law Project is campaigning for the Charity Commission to open a formal inquiry into the GWPF’s “one sided research attacking net zero policies”. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5 The GWPF has gained a number of high profile directors over the last two years.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

Between 2002 and 2021 Mitloehner and the CLEAR Center received close to $12.5 Major changes in law, education and academic institutions could strengthen media and scientific literacy and promote transparency around emissions.

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Clean Energy Group announces retirement of Lewis Milford as President; Seth Mullendore named successor

Renewable Energy World

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. That effort led to the creation of another national nonprofit in 2002, the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA).

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California grant money going to diesel and natural gas vehicles, not EVs

Charged

You can say we have tougher environmental laws, but we aren’t even hitting federal policy,” said Mark Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, a community organizer group. The California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership was established in late 2002 by Norma Glover, South Coast’s chairperson at the time.

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Reducing The Risk Of Investing In Electric Vehicles For Low-Income Consumers

Energy Innovation

Subsidies and policies that facilitate the transition to cleaner heavy-duty vehicles are especially beneficial to EJ communities, as the link between diesel emissions and higher asthma rates for Black and Latino children in communities overburdened by pollution is well-established (AAFA 2005; Weir 2002).

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Hydrogen Hype Bubbles Over At German Gas Lobby Conference

DeSmogBlog

It’s quite simple,” said Andreae, who served as a Green Party member of parliament from 2002-2019. Kerstin Andreae, BDEW’s managing director, acknowledged in her opening address that the natural gas era was coming to a close — but was quick to present hydrogen as an industry lifeline.